Spacing and securing anchor.



' n. WHETsToNEt` SPACING AND SECURING ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29. 19|?.

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Specication of Letters Patent. Y

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Application led January 29, 1917. Serial No. 145,035.

To aZZwwm t may concern: Be it known that ll, llRnNn B. WHE'rs'roNn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of llllinols, have invented certain new and useful limprovements in Spacing and Securing Anchors, of which the following is a speci# fication. Y

My invention relates to an improved metallic acing and securing anchor which is adapte to be used to attach expanded metal lath to a supporting framework.

One object of this invention is to provide an improved spacing anchor for lathing material which is adapted to space the latter at ,any convenient or desired distance from the studdin or joists to which the anchor 1s secured andg which is adapted to rigidly secure the lathing material to saidstudding or glists.

. other object is to provide an improved spacing anchor which can be cheaply and easily constructed and which can be quickly and easily applied. t

` lin the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevational view showing a portion of suitable lathing material secured to the studding. Fig. 2 1s an enlarged view of a pori tion of Fig. 1 showing the spacing and securing anchor and locking pin in detail. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2. Fig. ,4 is a view showlngan alternative form of the spacing and securing anchor.

lin the drawings, lf have illustrated and l shall describe my invention in connection with expanded metal lathing material 1 to which it may be applied to secure the lathing to suitable studding 2 by the improved spacing anchor 3 and the locking pin 4.

The combined spacing and securing anchor is preferably made from an integral piece of metal and comprises a pair of long, straight, securing members or prongs 5 and an intermediate substantially wedge-shaped lath-securing portion. The straight securing portions 5 are approximately parallel and are herein shown pointed to enter a joist or a stud more easily. rihe intermediate lath-securing portion is herein shown as being composed 4of two inwardly projecting abutments or side portions 6 extending oppositely in a direction outwardly from the studding 2 toward each other so as to form slightly inclined shoulders. Said side portions in turn are connected to form an intermediate open central loop` 7 which extends outwardly beyond the straight portions and the side portions "and approximately midway therebetween.

rlihe wedge-shaped intermediate lath-securing portion 7 is of such size and shape as to extend through a diamond shaped interstice of the expanded metal lathing and completely occupy the space between the extremeends a of such interstice, the portions b of the lathing abutting against the laterally and oppositely extending inclined sides 6. A suitable locking pin 4: passed through the central loop 7 serves to force the lathing into wedging engagement with said inclined sides and thus to clamp and positively hold the sheet of expanded metal against movement in any tends outwardly beyond the straight portions 5 and flattened loops 8, and approx1- mately midway therebetween, said loop 7, together with the flattened loops 8, forming inclined shoulders with which the ends of the interstices are held in wedging engagement by means of the locking pin 4.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the lathing material may be spaced at any suitable distance from the studding or the joists by driving into the same the straight portions 5 to the desired/ depth, The anchors thus serve the purpose of the usual furring, the sheet of expanded metal being rigidly supported at the proper distance from the studs or joists to permit the plaster to form key portions upon the inner or rear side of the expanded metal.

A tool of any suitable character may be used to drive the anchors into the studs or joists to a uniform depth withoutdeformation.

f claim as my invention:

1. In combination with metal lathing having an interstice, means for securing the lathing to and spaced from a support including a prong entered into the support and having a substantially wedge-shaped portion at its free end com rising a pair of shoulfor holding the lathing against movement 2o ders and a loope portion, said wedgelongitudinally or transversely thereof. shaped portion being entered into the interv 3. In combination with metal lathing havstice in the lathing and made of a Width to ing an interstice with opposite angular ends, engage with the opposite ends thereof, and means for securing the lathing to and spaced a ockin pin entered within said looped from a support including a substantially U- 25 portion or binding the lathing in wedging shaped prong entered into the support and enga ement with said shoulders. having its free end entered neatly throu h 2. n combination with metal lathing havthe interstice and shaped to engage with t e ing an interstice with opposite 'angular ends, opposite angles thereof at the inner side of means for securing the lathing to and spaced the lathing, and a pin entered transversely '30 from a support-including a prong entered through the end of the prong and engaging side of the lathing to clamp it to the prong into theV support and having its free end with the outer side of the lathing to clam enteredneatly through the interstice and it to, the prong for holding the lathing shaped to engage with the opposite angles against movement longitudinally or transthereof at the inner side of the lathing, and versely thereof.

a pin entered transversely through the end -In testimony whereof I have hereunto set Aof the prong and engaging with the outer my hand.

IRE'NE B. WHETSTONE. 

